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Sunday 23 March 2025PGA TourYear in Review
Hovland wins Valspar Championship
Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club (Copperhead Course), Palm Harbor, Florida · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 March 2025 · Viktor Hovland’s win no. 7 on the PGA Tour · purse $8,700,000 USD · Valspar
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 02 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/17°C · wind 39 km/h WSW, gusts 56 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/12°C · wind 40 km/h NNW, gusts 58 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/13°C · wind 16 km/h NNW, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/15°C · wind 18 km/h N, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Justin Thomas USA · 274Led by a couple of shots late but made trouble at 16, missed a birdie putt on 17 and bogeyed the 18th from a bad lie while Hovland birdied 16 and 17 ASAP Sports transcript: Justin Thomas, March 23 2025
154 started · cut +2, 78 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Valspar Championship
Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club (Copperhead Course), Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club (Copperhead Course), Palm Harbor, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Viktor Hovland
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 March 2025
When the problems remain and linger it doesn't really give you -- you don't become more hopeful, it's like you keep drowning and you're running out of air.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 March 2025
I almost felt like I played this week like a veteran, like I've been out here for 20 years.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 March 2025
I would say it was more the putt not going in on 17 and bogeying 18 that hurts more.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor Hovland | 70 · 67 · 69 · 67 | 273 | −11 |
| 2 | Justin Thomas | 73 · 70 · 65 · 66 | 274 | −10 |
| 3 | Jacob Bridgeman | 67 · 69 · 70 · 69 | 275 | −9 |
| T4 | Bud Cauley | 71 · 70 · 69 · 66 | 276 | −8 |
| T4 | Billy Horschel | 69 · 71 · 69 · 67 | 276 | −8 |
| T4 | Ryo Hisatsune | 71 · 66 · 71 · 68 | 276 | −8 |
| 7 | Davis Riley | 69 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 277 | −7 |
| T8 | Séamus Power | 70 · 72 · 70 · 66 | 278 | −6 |
| T8 | Lucas Glover | 70 · 71 · 69 · 68 | 278 | −6 |
| T8 | Corey Conners | 71 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 278 | −6 |
| T8 | Shane Lowry | 71 · 67 · 70 · 70 | 278 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1997-09-18, Oslo, Norway; NOR; turned pro 2019; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 7; majors to date: 0; world No. 19 that week (OWGR rankBefore for the Valspar Championship week, OWGR player profile).
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